RILLETTES is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. RILLETTES is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RILLETTES?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RILLETTES is to know. It scores 9 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RILLETTES
No single letter turns RILLETTES into another word.
How RILLETTES scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in RILLETTES, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so RILLETTES has to be built on the board across turns.
What does RILLETTES mean in Scrabble?
noun
A French spread of shredded pork or other meat, slowly cooked in fat and potted until soft.
Rillettes is the rustic cousin of smooth pate: the meat stays in rough strands and the fat acts as a preserving seal. It is eaten cold, spread thickly on bread.
How RILLETTES is used
Used on menus and in cookery writing, and the form rillettes is treated as plural or as a mass noun.
- We spread the rillettes on warm toast with pickled gherkins.
- Duck rillettes kept well in the jar for weeks.
- The bistro served rillettes before the main course.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RILLETTES and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in RILLETTES
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Common questions about RILLETTES
- Is RILLETTES valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RILLETTES, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RILLETTES worth?
- RILLETTES is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RILLETTES mean?
- A French spread of shredded pork or other meat, slowly cooked in fat and potted until soft.
- What letters can be added to RILLETTES?
- No single letter can be added to RILLETTES to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of RILLETTES:
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